{"id":9129,"date":"2008-10-20T00:19:17","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T00:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/a_local_letter_to_the_editor_loss_of_trust\/"},"modified":"2008-10-20T00:19:17","modified_gmt":"2008-10-20T00:19:17","slug":"a_local_letter_to_the_editor_loss_of_trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=9129","title":{"rendered":"A Local letter to the Editor: Loss of trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charleston.net\/news\/2008\/oct\/19\/letters_editor58404\">From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The most important issue facing America is not the economic crisis, the war against terrorism, our national debt, environmental concerns, education or health care.<\/p>\n<p>The greatest issue is a loss of trust in our key institutions. This includes our government (all branches), financial institutions, corporations, the political system, educational institutions (all levels) and the media.<\/p>\n<p>The degree to which trust can be restored will determine the future of America. It is awfully hard to regain trust once it has been lost.<\/p>\n<p>I hope those at the highest levels in all of these institutions will realize this and do all in their power to restore the trust of the people.<\/p>\n<p>If this is not done quickly, I fear a revolution will eventually occur. We do not need change as much as we need trust. Without it we cannot survive.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan B. England<\/p>\n<p>Pawleys Island<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From here: The most important issue facing America is not the economic crisis, the war against terrorism, our national debt, environmental concerns, education or health care. The greatest issue is a loss of trust in our key institutions. This includes<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=9129\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}